I am complety with you. Sharpness is good but content is everything.
I learnt it very well from a very special person from this group.
Thanks Giles.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "wavegirl" <wavegirl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Oly" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:25 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Old Zuikos sharper than new Canon Zooms?
> The quality of the lens is of supreme importance, but honestly that is
only
> half the battle. Heck, some people argue Russian-made cameras have some of
> the best optics ever, but I'd be hard pressed to buy a Kiev -- body build
> quality and metering are extremely important too. My photographic world
> changed forever when I bought my OM-4T. I graduated from a Fuji SLR, and,
I
> think some of the EBC Fujinon lenses rival Zuikos for sharpness and
colour.
> I have a 135/2.5 EBC Fujinon which still makes me slack-jawed at the
> results. But the spot metering on the 4T was just an absolute dream.
> Guesstimating exposure has never been my best strength though I can do it
> with bracketing when need be. I absolutely adore my 4T. Friends and family
> don't generally even notice the sharpness of the lenses, I think it's
mostly
> photographers that pick out that much detail -- but most people will
notice
> when the person or thing in the foreground is underexposed and not care
that
> the background is perfectly exposed, as an example. There's nothing like a
> perfectly exposed frame for a photographic warm fuzzy.
>
> Just my two pennies.
>
>
> > Not too sure that I agree with your logic. As far as I'm concerned, the
> > first reason to buy into a camera system should be because of the
lenses.
> > With that said, I have no complaints regarding the quality of Zuiko
lense=
> > s.
> > However, to be brutally honest, if I were to start over again from
scratc=
> > h
> > today....I'd choose the Canon EOS system.
> >
> >
> > Bruce (running for cover.....;-)
>
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